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constitution definition

con·sti·tu·tion (kän′stə to̵̅o̅′s̸hən, -tyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

  1. the act of setting up or making up; establishment, appointment, or formation
  2. the way in which a thing is made up; structure; organization; makeup
  3. the physical, or rarely mental, makeup of a person a man of strong constitution
  4. the way in which a government, state, society, etc. is organized
  5. a decree, regulation, or custom
    1. the system of fundamental laws and principles of a government, state, society, corporation, etc., written or unwritten
    2. a document or set of documents in which these laws and principles are written down

Etymology: ME constitucioun < OFr constitution < L constitutio: see constitute

constitution Idioms

the Constitution

the document containing the fundamental laws of the United States: it consists of the seven original articles, adopted in 1789, and twenty-seven amendments

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